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| Southwaite Green Farm
| | Find out more: |  Click Here | | Type: | Self-Catering Places | | Town: | Cockermouth | | Special Offer(s): | 10% discount for all bookings made within 14 days of arrival | | Description: | Southwaite Green is in an area of peace and tranquillity in the Lorton Vale, mid-way between Cockermouth and Lorton both 2 miles away, Keswick is 9 miles to the east. Within a short drive are the less frequented western lakes Crummock, Loweswater, Buttermere and Ennerdale, winner of Britain's Best View. There are ample walking and cycling opportunities from the door and a wealth of shops and restaurants can be found in both Cockermouth and Keswick.
The properties sit on Paddle Beck giving a peaceful ambience together with 10 acres of grounds including newly planted woodland, wildlife meadow, pond and arboretum. Consequently there is an abundance of wildlife including deer, foxes, red squirrels, badgers and the occasional kingfisher that visits the beck.
Southwaite Green is a development of 4 properties that have been developed by the owner in 2007, who lives on site, to an extremely high standard. The cottages have an abundance of local timber used by local craftsmen to retain the traditional character and wherever possible used the original timbers from the barn. They have been painstakingly converted using green design and technologies with ground and air source heat pumps to power the under-floor heating beneath the slate and oak floors. A design feature has been the use of solar panels and the positioning of the windows to generate maximum solar heating to produce the heating and hot water. Great attention to detail has been paid to ensure that these are eco-friendly properties, including organic bedding and towels, hand-made furniture from sustainable sources and even to the extent of using eco-friendly paints. The owners have gone to great trouble to ensure the properties have a low carbon foot-print and to ensure your holiday is an enjoyable and memorable experience.
The development briefly comprises 2, 2-bedroom/2 shower en suite cottages, Skiddaw and Esther’s Barn. Buttermere is a ground floor 2-bedroom cottage which is specially adapted for disabled use with mobility 1 and 2 rating and Beckside is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house. The properties have been given the much acclaimed Gold Award from the Green Tourism Scheme.
| | Facilities: |  Dishwasher
 Freezer
 Microwave cooker
 Laundry facilities
 Video/DVD
 CD player
 Dogs/pets accepted by arrangement
 Cleaning service
 Single sex groups NOT accepted
 Linen provided
 Barbecue
 Drying facilities
 Gay/lesbian friendly
 Cots available
 Hairdryer
 Central heating
 Real log/coal fires
 High chairs available
 Children welcome
 Private parking
 Washing machine
 Garden
 Radio
 Colour television
 Disabled facilities
 Ironing facilities
 Fishing
 Golf available (onsite or nearby)
| | Directions: | Please exit the M6 at junction 40 and take the A66 West to Keswick and Cockermouth. Continue for 30 miles to the roundabout by the Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre and turn left towards Egremont on the A5086.
Travel along this road for a short distance until you come to the rumble strips; then turn left at the crossroads at the bottom of the dip, by Paddle School. Continue along this road as it bends sharp left: Southwaite Green is several hundred yards on the left, the entrance opposite a black barn on the right.
| | Weblink: | http://www.southwaitegreen.co.uk |
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